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Little Killers: The Ferocious Lives of Puny Predators

Nature’s creatures can be ferocious! Lions and sharks leave many animals running scared. But some predators may be hunting beneath your feet or above your head—and you don’t know they’re… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1050
  • Dewey: 591.5/3
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Rumble and Roar: Sound around the World
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Rumble and Roar: Sound around the World

Babble / Swoosh / Roar and WHOOSH! The roar of a waterfall, the chirp of insects, the thump of a heartbeat—sound is all around us! Rhyming text and atmospheric illustrations present four… Read More →

  • Dewey: 534
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Animals to the Rescue!: Amazing True Stories from around the World
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Animals to the Rescue!: Amazing True Stories from around the World

From the Series Sandra Markle's Science Discoveries

Did you know that rats can be heroes? In the southern African nation of Mozambique, these amazing rats (which are the size of a small house cat) have helped clear landmines. And that's just… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1140
  • Dewey: 590
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: Night Becomes Day: Changes in Nature
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Night Becomes Day: Changes in Nature

Night becomes day / Flower becomes fruit. Nature is always at work, transforming. Whether sudden or gradual, change is a constant in our world. Author Cynthia Argentine describes transitions Read More →

  • Lexile: 630
  • Dewey: 508
  • Copyright: 2022
Cover: A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use
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A Peek at Beaks: Tools Birds Use

Have you ever seen a bird using a jackhammer? What about one scooping up a meal with a net? Of course birds can’t really use tools, at least not the way humans do. But birds have surprisingly Read More →

  • Lexile: 950
  • Dewey: 598.14
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Night Creatures: Animals That Swoop, Crawl, and Creep while You Sleep
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Night Creatures: Animals That Swoop, Crawl, and Creep while You Sleep

As the sun sets, night creatures awaken. In their rural backyard, a parent and child camp out, watching as fireflies flicker, bats flap, and rabbits race. Atmospheric illustrations bring the… Read More →

  • Lexile: 460
  • Dewey: 591.5/18
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals
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Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a . . . robo-hummingbird? Meet robots engineered using biomimicry so that they move like animals. These robots are changing the way we live today and shaping… Read More →

  • Lexile: 930
  • Dewey: 629.8/932
  • Copyright: 2022

Beyond: Discoveries from the Outer Reaches of Space

Journey far beyond our solar system and explore the marvels of interstellar space. A wonder-filled poem and spectacular illustrations bring readers across the observable universe to encounter Read More →

  • Lexile: 840
  • Dewey: 520
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: How to Build an Insect
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How to Build an Insect

See what the buzz is about in this fresh, fun look at insect anatomy. Let's build an insect! In the pages of this book, you’ll find a workshop filled with everything you need, including a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 490
  • Dewey: 745.5
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: Odd Bods: The World's Unusual Animals
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Odd Bods: The World's Unusual Animals

Long snouts, bright-red lips, pointy heads . . . the animal kingdom is full of critters with unique features. Learn about the incredible adaptations that help these creatures—and their odd… Read More →

  • Lexile: 900
  • Dewey: 591
  • Copyright: 2021

A Garden in Your Belly: Meet the Microbes in Your Gut

“A Garden in Your Belly's colorful world helped me wake up…This book is as powerful as it is beautiful!” —Eric Carle, author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Your belly is full of tiny… Read More →

  • Dewey: 612.3/2
  • Copyright: 2020

Living Fossils: Survivors from Earth's Distant Past

In the history of life on this planet, 99.9 percent of all species have gone extinct. But a few have survived almost unchanged. Author Rebecca E. Hirsch introduces readers to six living… Read More →

  • Dewey: 591.3/8
  • Copyright: 2021

Timeline Science and Technology: A Visual History of Our World

A big visual introduction to the world’s greatest inventions, discoveries and technologies for children, young and old. Travel through time with this remarkably illustrated 80-page journey… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1130
  • Dewey: 609
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Eye by Eye: Comparing How Animals See
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Eye by Eye: Comparing How Animals See

From the Series Animal by Animal

An innovative look at animal eyes from the creators of Bone by Bone, Tooth by Tooth, and Fossil by Fossil. What kind of animal would you be if you had eight eyes? Or if your pupils were the Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • Dewey: 573.8/8
  • Copyright: 2021

Wild Style: Amazing Animal Adornments

Check out these cool critters and learn how their wacky adornments help them survive! What do a crab waving pom-poms, a bug with a backpack of dead ants, and a mud-spattered vulture have in Read More →

  • Lexile: 830
  • Dewey: 591.4
  • Copyright: 2021

Play Like an Animal!: Why Critters Splash, Race, Twirl, and Chase

Dash! Hide! Splash! Ride! Exuberant text celebrates all the different ways animals play, from rhinos taking mud baths and parrots somersaulting through the air to kangaroos boxing and… Read More →

  • Lexile: 560
  • Dewey: 591.56/3
  • Copyright: 2020

Small Matters: The Hidden Power of the Unseen

Can something small matter at all? Of course it can! In this book for young readers (who know a thing or two about being small), you can take a super close look at details too little to be… Read More →

  • Lexile: 800
  • Dewey: 611/.018
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: The Big Bang Book
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The Big Bang Book

The Big Bang presents the mystery of how the universe began in a way we can all understand. Written by an astrophysicist, the pages describe what we know—and what we don't—in a compelling,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 500
  • Dewey: 523.18
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World
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Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World

The soft glow of a candle, the blink of a firefly, a burst of fireworks—light is everywhere in our world! Rhyming text and luminous illustrations follow four children as they experience many Read More →

  • Dewey: 535
  • Copyright: 2020

If We Were Gone: Imagining the World without People

Water, air, sunlight, plants . . . we need these elements to live in this world. But does the world need us? And what would happen to the world if humans were gone? This is the premise of a… Read More →

  • Lexile: 500
  • Dewey: 304.2
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: On a Snow-Melting Day: Seeking Signs of Spring
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On a Snow-Melting Day: Seeking Signs of Spring

Snowmen droop / Cardinals swoop, Rabbits bounce / Foxes pounce In the early days of spring when the snow begins to melt, plants and animals stir to life. High-impact photos and simple,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 110
  • Dewey: 508.2
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Eek, You Reek!: Poems about Animals That Stink, Stank, Stunk
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Eek, You Reek!: Poems about Animals That Stink, Stank, Stunk

Eek, you reek, You make a funk. Where you have been Things stink, stank, stunk. You've left a path, A swath of smell, And—yuck! You did it very well. Readers will be delighted by the… Read More →

  • Dewey: 591.47
  • Copyright: 2019
Cover: I See Sea Food: Sea Creatures That Look Like Food
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I See Sea Food: Sea Creatures That Look Like Food

Can you find pancakes and pizza crusts in the ocean? The answer might surprise you! Meet some of the wackiest creatures under the sea—creatures that look like food—through eye-catching… Read More →

  • Lexile: 800
  • ATOS: 4.7
  • Dewey: 591.77
  • Copyright: 2020
Cover: Nature's Ninja: Animals with Spectacular Skills
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Nature's Ninja: Animals with Spectacular Skills

Ninja were skilled warriors in medieval Japan. And now you can find ninja in comics, movies, and TV shows. But what about in nature? Real animals aren't anything like ninja . . . are they? A Read More →

  • Lexile: 1000
  • ATOS: 6.3
  • Dewey: 591.47
  • Copyright: 2020